Since Relics is a compilation and not a regular studio album, it tends to be overlooked when thought of as one of Pink Floyd's better releases. It might not be regarded as a classic psychedelic masterpiece in the manner of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, and it certainly won't ever achieve the multiple platinum status of Dark Side of the Moon, but it's a pretty good place to start with the band's early catalog. Originally issued in 1971, Relics culls from the band's first five singles (two A-sides and three B-sides, including the non-album pop classics "See Emily Play" and "Arnold Layne") and picks album material that capitalizes on the band's versatility while making it a thoroughly palatable listen. From Piper, you get the goofy childishness of "Bike" and the mesmerizing "Interstellar Overdrive," one of the band's trademark instrumental freak-outs; "The Nile Song," taken from the More soundtrack, is one of the heaviest songs the band recorded. A little bit of everything that made early Pink Floyd can be found here. Without a doubt, the disc is an essential part of the band's discography, not to be disregarded in lieu of its overlap with studio album material.
A truly classic piece of psychedellic, image-stimulating instrumental work by the legendary Pink Floyd during their golden years.A lost classic!I hope to create an animation video to accompany this great piece of ear-mind-candy...
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How silly of me. Perhaps one of the tripiest songs ever. RIP Syd.
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Coutesy of AllMusic.comLike a supernova, Roger "Syd" Barrett burned briefly and brightly, leaving an indelible mark upon psychedelic and progressive rock as the founder and original singer, songwriter, and lead guitarist of Pink Floyd. Barrett was responsible for most of their brilliant first album, 1967's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, but left and/or was fired from the band in early 1968 aft...
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UFO was London's first psychedelic club, the equivalent of the Electric Circus in NYC or the Fillmore in SF. It was started by music entrepreneur Joe Boyd and John Hopkins (aka "Hoppy") in an Irish dancehall called the "Blarney Club", a basement venue under the Berkeley Cinema. This wasn't the first time the location had been an essential nightclub; from 1919-1926 it was a jazz club where race...
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Hey kids sorry it's been so long went on a little bender there for a bit then Had to go to work in four towns in four days so I been kinda away lately. But I'm home now for a couple days so I thought I'd celebrate my return with some early floyd weirdness. This inspired by my just getting done playing with my delay pedal and a phaser/ flanger effect. (the guitarists will understand) anyway it p...
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ok it's back to 1966-1967 they are jamming, working on 2 songs, let's listenmog.comMore about this songShare
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Congratulations guys... hmmm... I'm missing Syd Barrett though...http://www.polarmusicprize.com/newSite/se/index.shtml
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Coutesy of AllMusic.comLike a supernova, Roger "Syd" Barrett burned briefly and brightly, leaving an indelible mark upon psychedelic and progressive rock as the founder and original singer, songwriter, and lead guitarist of Pink Floyd. Barrett was responsible for most of their brilliant first album, 1967's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, but left and/or was fired from the band in early 1968 aft...
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A truly classic piece of psychedellic, image-stimulating instrumental work by the legendary Pink Floyd during their golden years.A lost classic!I hope to create an animation video to accompany this great piece of ear-mind-candy...
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How silly of me. Perhaps one of the tripiest songs ever. RIP Syd.
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David Kilpatrick covers Arnold Layne . Free scary look included.Syd Barrett's Cambridge suburban folktale from the 1967 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' album (which I bought, in 1967, and still have) rendered unlistenable with the aid of my office iMac and jazz-nylon Lowden. This is the party piece I sometimes play at our folk club to silence kids who ask for some Pink Floyd, expecting the obviou...
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| 1 Arnold Layne |
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| 2 Interstellar Overdrive |
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| 3 See Emily Play |
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| 4 Remember a Day |
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| 5 Paintbox |
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| 6 Julia Dream |
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| 7 Careful with That Axe, Eugene |
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| 8 Cirrus Minor |
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| 9 The Nile Song |
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| 10 Biding My Time |
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| 11 Bike |
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